BS: Free to good home songbook Irish Scotch

Subject: BS: Free to good home songbook Irish Scotch
From: skipy
Date: 11 Nov 08 - 06:40 PM

Free to good home:-
A printed song book from the 1930s.
E Mardon's
Song Book
English, Irish, and Scotch Songs.
(that is what it says on the cover! unpaginated but I would say approx. 40 pages full of words to songs.
Usual rules apply:-
First to say "yes please" gets it & I don't require postag repaid.
Will post to anywhere in the world.
Skipy

Subject: RE: BS: Free to good home songbook Irish Scotch
From: Melissa
Date: 11 Nov 08 - 06:46 PM

skipy
I can live without the book..but this seems like a good time to say that I think it's really nice for you to give away neat stuff to mudcatters.

Subject: RE: BS: Free to good home songbook Irish Scotch
From: skipy
Date: 11 Nov 08 - 06:47 PM

Wow! Heavy, thanks!
Skipy

Subject: RE: BS: Free to good home songbook Irish Scotch
From: Joe Offer
Date: 11 Nov 08 - 08:04 PM

I could make good use of it, Skipy - but I'm in the US. PM me if you choose me.
-Joe-

Subject: RE: BS: Free to good home songbook Irish Scotch
From: skipy
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 02:53 PM

It's yours Joe, p.m. sent.
Skipy

Subject: RE: BS: Free to good home songbook Irish Scotch
From: Rasener
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 03:25 PM

Skipy
Can I have have the Irish Scotch Whisky please hic hic :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Free to good home songbook Irish Scotch
From: goatfell
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 03:31 PM

I am fed up, we the people from SCOTLAND and not SCOTCHLAND, ARE KNOWN AS SCOTS, BECAUSE SCOTCH IS WHISKY, AND WE ARE NOT A BLOODY DRINK, COME OVER TO SCOTLAND AND SAY HE SCOTCHMAN AND YOU WILL GET A KICKING.

Subject: RE: BS: Free to good home songbook Irish Scotch
From: goatfell
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 03:33 PM

WELL SOME3 OF US WILL DO IT NOT ALL

Subject: RE: BS: Free to good home songbook Irish Scotch
From: Rasener
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 03:56 PM

I know that Goatfell,having lived there for 3 and a half years.
However a lot of people think Scotch means people who are of Scottish Nationality. I am sure they don't call you Scotch on purpose, they do not realise the differeenec between Scots and Scotch.

Lets make this clear

Scots are Scottish people

Scotch is that lovely drink that gets you plastered and is very often taken to a carry oots and especially when first footing.

Subject: RE: BS: Free to good home songbook Irish Scotch
From: skipy
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 04:43 PM

What brough that outburst on? As I said at the top the spelling was as spelt on the cover of the book!
It is now on it's way by air to Joe, so you can check with him in a few days.
Skipy, who has just had a glass of scotch over at the post master's house & served 26 years in the RAF where there are 100s of SCOTS!
nuff said.

Subject: RE: BS: Free to good home songbook Irish Scotch
From: Rog Peek
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 05:06 PM

Skipy
Unlike Villan, I'd prefer Scotch Irish whiskey if you please.
Thanks
Rog

Subject: RE: BS: Free to good home songbook Irish Scotch
From: Rasener
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 05:22 PM

LOL

Subject: RE: BS: Free to good home songbook Irish Scotch
From: Seamus Kennedy
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 05:42 PM

The Scotch are whisky, the Irish are whiskey.

There, that oughtta clear things up.

Seamus

Subject: RE: BS: Free to good home songbook Irish Scotch
From: Bill D
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 05:45 PM

If it's free, I don't care how you spell it... (there, that's Scots enough!)

Subject: RE: BS: Free to good home songbook Irish Scotch
From: Manitas_at_home
Date: 13 Nov 08 - 06:31 AM

The book was published in the 1930's, perhaps Scotch was an acceptable adjective then.

Subject: RE: BS: Free to good home songbook Irish Scotch
From: Manitas_at_home
Date: 13 Nov 08 - 06:40 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_(adjective)

Subject: RE: BS: Free to good home songbook Irish Scotch
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 13 Nov 08 - 05:47 PM

Skipy, me old mucker, I love Scottish music and if you ever come across owt similar I will try to get on the thread earlier!

Goatfell - Give us a break. Skipy was just repeating what the title was, not endorsing it. I think you are tilting at winmills here!

Cheers

DeG

Subject: RE: BS: Free to good home songbook Irish Scotch
From: goatfell
Date: 14 Nov 08 - 06:55 AM

i give in

Subject: RE: BS: Free to good home songbook Irish Scotch
From: goatfell
Date: 14 Nov 08 - 06:59 AM

I sing a song called 'OLD SCOTCH MOTHER MINE' but to upset anyone I sing 'old SCOTS mother mine' that is what I'm getting at, just change to title and we'll still understand what it is called.

I mean how wouls like to be a New Zealander Skipy, you problerly wouldn't like that, so it's that same as calling us SCOTS Scotch.

but it does sound lke a good book, pity about the title.

Subject: RE: BS: Free to good home songbook Irish Scotch
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 14 Nov 08 - 07:15 AM

That's an interesting thing, Goatfell, and deserves a whole thread of it's own. In fact I think there has been a few of them. When do you change something so it does not offend? I think offensive terms for black people or for Jews should definitely be excluded and by that rule so should ofensive terms for any other colour, creed or race. But other terms seem OK - Remember the Australian cricket umpire joke? "Which of you bastards has been calling these bastards bastards?"

It can be a tough call and this book in particular, because of it's title, should maybe keep the offensive term - How else could anyone else have looked it up on the internet if we didn't know the correct title? Anyhow, like I said, probably a whole different topic but I am not going to start it up again!

Cheers

DeG